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As time went on during our home computer work, we naturally gravitate to some area or topic of little overall value -- but, is fun!  In our household, on our PC, one of these "fun" topics is Freecell.  There are 32000 possible deals in Freecell and as of the time of writing this document we have started one-by-one to see how far we get into 32000 deals.  As we go along, we will try to document our experience as regards to the difficulty to us (we realize that each Freecell player will have his/her own opinion as to what deal is difficult).

 

The following table summarizes our families' experience with Freecell.  Contact us at SCScompA@aol.com if you have any input to the table (perhaps you could start at deal 4000 or greater…. We hope to at least get to the first 4000 of the 32000!).

 

As mentioned earlier in this chapter, we have found that approximately 70 moves is required to solve a difficult deal.  An average number of moves per deal is around 40.  The following table uses the number of times a family member had to restart until a solution was found.

 


 

Freecell Deals   1-1000 See Next Page/Frames for 1001+

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 +

 

1-4, 6-9, 11-18, 20-31, 33-34, 36-42, 44-51,53-56, 58-62, 64, 66, 69-71,73-75, 77-85,87-88, 90-91, 93-100,101-105,

107-109,112-113, 115-123, 125, 127-131,133-146,148-151, 153-168, 170-173, 175, 177, 179-183, 185-189, 192-193,

195-200,201-209, 211-213, 215-220, 222-227, 229-236,

238-240, 242-252, 256-259, 261-267,269-282, 284-288, 290, 292-293, 295,297-298, 300, 301-306,308-314,316-324,

326-335, 337-349, 351-368,370, 372, 374-376, 378-384,

386-390,392-393, 395-398, 400-406, 408-415, 417, 419-426, 428, 430-444, 446-450, 452-453, 455-462, 464-468, 471,

473-474, 477-484, 486-487,489-494, 496-499, 503-511,

513-514, 516-517, 519-525, 527, 529, 531-532, 534-542,

544-550, 552-575, 577-578, 580-589, 591-592, 594, 599-600, 614-616,618-621,623-626, 628-641, 643-646, 648,650-651, 653-654, 656,659-660,662,664-666, 668-672,674,676-678,

680-684, 686-690,692, 695-698,700,702-711,713-716,

721-724,727-729,731-735,740-741,743-744,746-747,

750-755,757-761,764,766-767,771-772,774,776-781,783-787, 789,791,793-799,801-803,806-810,812-813,815-819,821-826, 830-832,834-838,840-847,849,851,854-856,859-860,862-864, 868-869,872-876,879,881-883, 885,887,890-896,898-902,

904-906,908-911,914,916-925, 927-931,933-934,936-937,941, 943-945,947-948,952-971, 973-974,976,978,980-984,986-987, 989-992, 995-997,999-1000

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,10,35,52,57,65,67,86,89,111,114,126,132,147,152,184,190-191, 210,214,221,228, 241, 253-254,260,268,283,289,291, 294,296,307,325,350,371,377,394,399,418,445,475-476, 485, 488,495,500-502,515,528,543,576,595-596,601,622,642, 647, 655,658,661,663, 673,675,694,701,712,17,719,737,742, 745, 748,756,763,765,788,790,800,811,814,848,850,852-853,

857-858,861,865,880,884,886,889,907,915,938-939,942,946, 949,975,977,979, 985,993-994,998

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,43,72,110,124,194,299,369,373,391,416, 429,469-470,472, 526,533,551,579,590,593,597,627,649,652,657,685,693,718,

725,730,738,749,762,768,770,773,775,792,805,820,866,878,

888,903,926,932,940,951,972

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32, 63,68,106,255,315,407,427,454,512,602, 667,691,720,726, 739,769,782,829,839,867,870-871,877,913,935, 950,988

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

169,451,463,530,679,833,897,912

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….


 

Freecell Deals   1001-1700 See Previous Page/Frame for 1-1000 and Next Pages/Frames for 1701+

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

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4

5

6

7

8

9

10 +

 

1001-05,1008-19,1022-23,1027,1029,1031-42,1044,

1046-1049,1051-55,1057-1063,1068,1073-78,1080-1086, 1088,1090,1092-96,1099-1100,1101-2,1104-7,1109-11,

1114-1125,1127,1129-35,1137-45,1147-50,1152,1154-56,

1160-64,1167,1170-71,1173,1175-79,1181-84,1186-87,

1190-95,1198-1200,1202-5,1207-8,1210-11,1216-28,1230-31,

1233-37,1239,1243,1245,1247-51,1253-55,1257-58,1260-62,

1265-67,1270-73,1275-79,1282-84,1286,1289-90,1292-94,

1296-1300,1302-08,1310-14,1316,1318-26,1329-36,1340-43, 1345-47,1349,1352-54,1357,1359-63,1366-70,1372-75,

1377-82,1384,1386,1388-95,1397,1399,1401-2,1405-12,

1415-17,1419,1421,1423,1425-26,1428-40,1445-47,1449, 1451-52,1454,1456-57,1459,1461,1464-69,1472-74,1476, 1479-80,1482,1485,1487,1489-90,1495-98,1500-04,1507-11,

1513-14,1516-22,1525,1527-44,1547-51,1553,1556-59,

1561-64,1566-74,1576-1581,1583,1585-86,1590-91,1593-97,

1600-01,1605-06,1608-12,1615,1618-19,1621,1623,1625, 1627,1629,1631,1633-34,1636-41,1644-50,1652, 1654-55, 1657,1659,1661-62,1664-67,1670-71,1674,1676-77,1679-82,

1684,1688-94,1696,1698,1700

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1007,1020-21,1024,1026,1028,1030,1043,1045,1050,1064,

1066-67,1072,1079,1087,1097-98,1108,1113,1126,1146,1151,

1153,1157,1159,1168-69,1172,1180,1188,1197,1206,1209, 1213-14,1238,1240,1242,1246,1252,1259,1264,1274,1281, 1285,1287,1317,1328,1337,1339,1348,1355-56,1364,1371,

1376,1383,1385,1398,1400,1403,1418,1420,1422,1444,1448,

1450,1453,1455,1458,1463,1471,1475,1477-78,1486,1491,

1493-94,1499,1505,1512,1523-24,1526,1545-46,1552,1554,

1565,1587,1602,1613,1622,1628,1630,1632,1642-43,1651,

1658,1663,1668,1672-73,1675,1678,1685-86,1695,1697

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1025,1065,1071,1089,1103,1158,1165,1174,1201,1212,1229,

1244,1269,1280,1291,1301,1344,1350,1358,1413-14,1443,

1460,1462,1560,1575,1582,1584,1592,1607,1614,1620,1626,

1635,1653,1656,1669,1683,1687,1699

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1006,1056,1069,1091,1112,1128,1166,1215,1232,1256,1288,

1351,1387,1396,1424,1427,1441-2,1481,1484,1588,1617,1624

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1070,1185,1263,1268,1295,1309,1315,1327,1338,1365,1404,

1515,1603,1616,1660

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827 (Left here for reporting purposes),1189, 1483,1488,1492,1589

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804 (Left here for reporting purposes),1196

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828 (Left here for reporting purposes),1470, 1506,1599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

178 (Left here for reporting purposes),1136

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….

 

Freecell Deals   1701-2249 See Previous Page/Frames for 1-1700 and Next Pages/Frames for 2250+

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

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2

3

4

5

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8

9

10 +

 

1701,1704-06,1708-09,1713-16,1718-22,1725-28,1730,

1732-38,1740-41,1743-48,1750-51,1753,1755,1757.1761,

1763,1765-66,1768-71,1774-79,1782-83,1787-89,1791-94,

1796-99,1800-04,1806-07,1810-12,1818-20,1822,1824,1826,

1828,1831,1833-36,1838-39,1841-42,184-49,1851,1854,

1856-57,1859-63,1865,1867,1869-74,1876,1879-84,1886-94,

1897-98,1900-02,1904,1906-07,1909-11,1915-16,1919-28,

1930-34,1937-38,1940,1942-44,1946,1948-55,1957-59,1962,

1964-66,1968,1970,1973-75,1977-79,1981-83,1985-88,

1990-94,1997-99,2000-01,2003-04,2006-09,2012-16,2018,

2022-24,2026-27,2029,2031-34,2037,2039-41,2045-47,

2049-51,2055,2057-58,2060-63,2065,2067,2069-70,2074,

2078,2080,2083-84,2086-88,2090-91,2093,2096-98,2100-05,

2107,2109-11,2114,2117-18,2120-24,2128-29,2131-33,

2137-38,2141,2143,2145-47,2149,2151-2,2154-55,2158-59,

2161-71,2174,2176-78,2185,2187-91,2195-98,2200-01,2203,

2205-09,2214-15,2217,2220-22,2226,2228-30,2232-39,

2244-46,2248-49

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1702,1711-12,1724,1739,1752,1754,1756,1758-59.1762,1764,

1767,1772-3,1780-81,1785,1795,1808,1813,1815-16,1821, 1823,1825,1827,1829,1832,1843-44,1850,1853,1864,1868, 1878,1885,1895-96,1903,1905,1908,1913-14,1935,1939,1947,

1960-61,1969,1971-2,1984,1989,2002,2010-11,2017,2019,

2021,2025,2028,2042-43,2052-53,2059,2068,2071,2076-77,

2082,2085,2089,2106,2113,2115,2119,2125,2127,2130,

2134-35,2140,2142,2144,2153,2156-57,2160,2175,2180,2182,

2186,2192-93,2202,2211,2216,2219,2227,2231,2242,2247

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1707,1717,1723,1729,1742,1760,1805,1809,1814,1817,1830,

1845,1852,1855,1858,1866,1877,1899,1918,1929,1936,1945,

1967,1976,1995,2005,2020,2035,2044,2048,2064,2072-73,

2075,2094,2099,2108,2116,2148,2172-73,2179,2181,2183,

2184,2194,2199,2204,2212-13,2240

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1703,1710,1731,1749,1786,1790,1837,1875,1912,1917,1941,

1956,1963,2030,2036,2054,2056,2066,2079,2081,2092,2126,

2150,2210,2223,2243

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1941 is very hard we must have gotten lucky first time we did it.

1784,,1840,2112,2136,2139,2218,2224

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827,1189, 1483,1488,1492,1589, (Left here for reporting purposes)1996,2095

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804, 1196 (Left here for reporting purposes),2241

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828 1470, 1506,1599,1980 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

2038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

178 ,1136 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….

 


 

Freecell Deals   2250-2999 See Previous Page/Frames for 1-2249

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 +

 

2250,2252-54,2256-58,2260,2262,2265-66,2268-69,2272-76,

2278-87,2290,2292,2294-97,2299,2300,2302-05,2307-11,

2313-14,2316-32,2334-41,2343-46.2349,2351-53,2357-59,

2361,2363-67,2370-80,2382-83,2385,2387-88,2390-96,2398,

2402-09,2411-13,2417-23,2425-29,2431-34,2436,2438-39,

2441-42,2444-46,2448-49,2452-54,2456,2458-60,2463,

2465-67,2469,2471-72,2474-75,2477-83,2485-90,2492-96, 2499,2500,2502-06,2508-14,2517-18,2520-23,2525-26, 2528, 2530-32,2534-36,2538-48,2550,2553-62,2564-69,2571-74,2576,

2578-81,2583,2585-89,2591,2593,2595,2597-99,2601-08,

2610-18,2620-21,2624-26,2628-31,2634-36,2639-44,

2646-512656-57,2659-62,2665-69,2671-73,2676-98,2701,

2704-10,2712,2714-18,2722-23,2725-26,2728-34,2736-38,

2740-42,2744-46,2748-52,2754-57,2759-65,2767-71,

2773-76,2778-79,2782,2784-87,2789,2791-92,2795,

2797-99,2803-08,2811-15,2817-27,2829-31,2833,2835-36,

2838-43,2845-49,2854-55,2857,2859,2862,2865-71,2873-74,

2883,2885-89,2892,2894-98,2900-08,2912-20,2922-24,2926,

2929,2931-35,2937-41,2946-49,2952-53,2955,2957,2960-61,

2963-65,2968-70,2973-75,2977-78,2980-90,2994,2996-99

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2251,2259,2261,2263-64,2277,2288-89,2291,2293,2298,2312,

2342,2347-48,2354-56,2360,2362,2368,2386,2397,2400-01,

2414-16,2424,2430,2435,2440,2443,2447,2450-51,2455,2457,

2461.2464,2468,2470,2473,2476,2491,2498,2501,2515-16,2519,

2524,2527,2533,2537,2549,2551,2570,2575,2582,2584,2590,

2594,2596,2609,2619,2623,2627,2633,2637-38,2645,2652-53,

2655,2658,2674,2700,2713,2720-21,2724,2727,2735, 2739,2743,

2747,2753,2758,2766,2777,2783,2794,2796,2802,2809-10,2816,

2828.2832,2834,2837,2850,2852,2856,2863-64,2875-80,2882,

2890,2893,2909,2925,2927-28,2930,2936,2941-45,2950-51,

2954,2956,2959,2962,2967,2972,2993,2995

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2267,2271,2315,2333,2369,2381,2389,2437,2462,2552,2563,

2592,2600,2622,2654,2664,2675,2702,2711,2780-81,2788,

2790,2844,2851,2858,2872,2881,2891,2899,2910-11,2921,

2958,2971,2976,2992

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2255,2270,2484,2497,2507,2529,2632,2663,2670,2703,2800,

2853,2861,2884,2979

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2301,2399,2577,2699,2772,2793,2860

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827,1189, 1483,1488,1492,1589, 1996,2095, (Left here for reporting purposes),2384,2410,2719,2966

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804, 1196,2241 (Left here for reporting purposes),2306,2350

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828 1470, 1506,1599,1980 (Left here for reporting purposes),2801

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

2038 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

178 ,1136 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one for me so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….

 


 

Freecell Deals   3000-3599  See Previous Page/Frames for 1-2999

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 +

 

3000-3002,3004-07,3011-13,3016-18,3021-22,3024-27,

3029-35,3038-40,3043-44,3046-47,3049-59,3052-57,

3059-61,3064,3067-70,3072-76,3078,3081-84,3086-92,

3097,3099,3101,3103.3106-07,3109-10,3113-19,3121-22,

3124,3128.3131-33,3135-38,3140-41,3144-49,3151,

3154-55,3160-64,3166,3168,3171-76,3178,3181,3183-87,

3190-93,3195-98,3200-01,3203,3205,3208-09,3211-12,

3215-20,3222-23,3225,3229,3234-36,3240-41,3242-51,

3254-58,3260,3263,3265,3267,3269,3274-80,3282-83,

3285-87,3290-93,3295-99,3300-09,3311-14,3318-21,

3323-27,3329-39,3341-44,3346,3349-58,3361-65,3367,

3369-71,3374-87,3389-90,3392,3394-96,3399,3400,3402,

3407-14,3416-18,3420-21,3423,3427-30,3432,3425-46,

3438-41,3443-45,3449-50,3453-54,3456-60,3462-66,3468, 3470-75,3477,3482,3484-88,3490-91,3493-94,3497,3499, 3500-3501,3503-07,3509-10,3513-16,3518-24,3526-27,  3529-30,3532,3534-43,3545-49,3551-55,3557-60,3565-66, 3569,3571,3574-77,3579,3582-84,3587-88,3591-3599

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3010,3014,3023,3028,3036-37,3041,3045,3048,3051,3062,

3065-66,3077,3080,3085,3093-95,3100,3102,3120,3125, 3127,3150,3153,3156-59,3165,3167,3169-70,3177,3188,

3204,3207,3210,3213-14,3228,3237,3252-53,3261,3266,

3268,3271-72,3284,3288-89,3315,3317,3340,3345,

3347-48,3359-60,3366,3368,3373,3391,3398,3403,3405-06,

3415,3419,3423,3433,3437,3446-47,3451,3455,3479-80, 3483,3489,3492,3498,3511,3517,3531,3544,3561,3564,

3585-86,3589

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3003,3008-9,3058,3071,3079,3098,3105,3126,3134,3139,

3143,3179-80,3182,3202,3206,3221,3226,3230-32,3239,

3262,3264,3270,3281,3294,3310,3316,3322,3372,3422,3425,

3442,3467,3478,3481,3525,3568,3572-73,3578

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3104,3108,3111,3129,3142,3194,3227,3328,3388,3397,3452,

3461,3502,3512,3528,3533,3562-63,3570,3581,3590

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3042,3063,3112,3189,3224,3238,3426,3434,3448,3476,3550, 3556

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827,1189, 1483,1488,1492,1589, 1996,2095, 2384,2410,2719,2966, (Left here for reporting purposes),

3015,3096,3130,3152,3199,3259,3495-96,3508,3567,3580

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804, 1196,2241,2306,2350 (Left here for reporting purposes),3019,3431

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828 1470,1506,1599,1980,2801 (Left here for reporting purposes),3393

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

2038, 3469 (Left here for reporting purposes), 3123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

178 ,1136 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one for me so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….


 

Freecell Deals   3600-3601  See Previous Page/Frames for 1-3599

Freecell Deal Numbers

Number of Times

Re-started

Comment

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 +

 

3600

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3601

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76, 237, 736, 827,1189, 1483,1488,1492,1589, 1996,2095, 2384,2410,2719,2966,3015,3096,3130,3152,3199,3259,

3495-96,3508,3567,3580(Left here for reporting purposes),

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

385, 518, 804, 1196,2241,2306,2350,3019,3431 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

92, 336, 699, 828 1470,1506,1599,1980,2801,3393 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

2038, 3469,3123 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

178 ,1136 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

617 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

More than 10.  Second hardest one so far

598 (Left here for reporting purposes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hardest one for me so far.  One family member completed it in 21 deals.  I am still trying….

 

 

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